Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good. And he who hastens with his feet sins.
New American Standard Bible
And he who hurries
King James Version
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
Holman Bible
and the one who acts hastily
International Standard Version
Furthermore, it isn't good to be ignorant, and whoever rushes into things misses the mark.
American Standard Version
Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
Amplified
Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,
And he who hurries with his feet [acting impulsively and proceeding without caution or analyzing the consequences] sins (misses the mark).
Bible in Basic English
Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.
Darby Translation
Also that a person be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet maketh false steps.
Julia Smith Translation
Also the soul without knowledge is not good, and he hastening with his feat, sins.
King James 2000
Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; and he that hastens with his feet sins.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Also, a life without knowledge is not good, and he who moves quickly with [his] feet {misses the mark}.
Modern King James verseion
Also without knowledge the soul is not good, and he who hurries with his feet sins.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Where no discretion is, there the soul is not well; and whoso is swift on foot, stumbleth hastily.
NET Bible
It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.
New Heart English Bible
It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.
The Emphasized Bible
Surely, for the soul to be, without knowledge, is not good, and, he that hasteth with his feet, strayeth.
Webster
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
World English Bible
It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.
Youngs Literal Translation
Also, without knowledge the soul is not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 19:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness
1 Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. 2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good. And he who hastens with his feet sins. 3 The foolishness of a man subverts his way, and his heart rages against LORD.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:5
The thoughts of a diligent man [lead] only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to want.
Proverbs 29:20
See thou a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Job 31:5
If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hastened to deceit
Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
Proverbs 10:21
The lips of a righteous man feeds many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
Proverbs 25:8
Go not forth hastily to strive. What will thou do in the end of it when thy neighbor has put thee to shame?
Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man shall abound with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs 28:22
He who has an evil eye hastens after riches, and does not know that want shall come upon him.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Ecclesiastes 12:9
And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yea, he pondered, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.
Isaiah 27:11
When the boughs of it are withered, they shall be broken off. The women shall come, and set them on fire, for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion upon them, and he who formed them
Isaiah 28:16
Therefore thus says lord LORD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-[stone], a sure foundation. He who believes {in him shall, no, not be shamed (LXX/NT)}.
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because thou have rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shall be no priest to me. Since thou have forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy sons.
John 16:3
And they will do these things, because they have not known the Father nor me.
Romans 10:2
For I testify to them that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Philippians 1:9
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment